Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Easter Weekend

It was a warm and sunny Easter weekend here in Franklin (sorry to make you jealous Ohioans). We spent most of the weekend outside enjoying the weather and hunting for Easter eggs. We had a neighborhood hunt on Saturday and the Easter Bunny brought eggs to hunt on Sunday. Max still loves hunting for eggs, but now the biggest enjoyment is in the candy inside the eggs. I knew it would happen!
Headed to the neighborhood Easter egg hunt.
Max's age group got to hunt for eggs on the playground. At the whistle to start the hunt, Max ran at full speed onto the playground, one of the first kids there, leaving Jeff and me way behind. When he got there he quickly scooped up two eggs into his basket, and then, he wandered. He wandered around that playground, stepping on eggs, getting side swiped by eager 2 year old hunters as if he had no clue what his purpose on Earth was. No amount of direction from us could get him to pick up another egg. It was hysterical. At the end all his little friends had 8-10 eggs, one proudly announcing that she had 16. Max had 2. Oh well, he was happy to eat his candy, put down his basket and play on the playground. Time to dye eggs.
Checking out the finished products.
This look says, "I'm touching this egg even though I've been told 27 times not to."
Easter morning picture with Daddy...
(too busy playing with new trains to look at the camera)
...and Mama.
Backyard Easter egg hunt He was totally in his element with no evidence of the cluelessness from the previous day's experience.
He had to check each one for candy and then eat the candy before putting it in the basket.
Enjoying the spoils of his labor.

Wednesday, April 20, 2011

A Perfect Spring Day

My parents were in town for a visit this past weekend. We had some pretty awful weather on Friday and Saturday, but Sunday was picture perfect. The five of us participated in a March of Dimes walk in the afternoon and got to explore some of Centennial Park after the walk.
Walking by the Nashville Parthenon.
An actual steam engine.
Max was totally obsessed and we couldn't get out of the park without visiting it.
"All aboard!"
Once we got home Nana and Papa orchestrated an Easter Egg hunt.
Max loves hunting for eggs and he got some good practice in for the holiday weekend. He doesn't even care that the eggs are empty.... I'm sure that will change some day.
Searching high and low.

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Incognito

Max was playing with my sunglasses this afternoon and I couldn't resist a quick picture! I love how serious his expression is.